Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.3) Posted on Jun 1, 2008 11:24 PM. Thanks for the clarity about the java void thing. Anyone else have any ideas?? The process won’t void your warranty or interfere with iPadOS in anyway. All you need is a copy of Mac OS X, an app that lets you run virtual machines, and plenty of storage space. The Mac OS was disk-based from the beginning, as RAM had to be conserved, but this 'Startup Disk' could still be temporarily ejected. (Ejecting the root filesystem remained an unusual feature of the classic Mac OS until System 7.) One floppy disk was sufficient to store the System Software, an application and the data files created with the. Nov 08, 2019 There always will be OS versions that arent’ supported on your system and won’t install or work properly. For full freedom and tinkering, one could go Linux but there a distributions that run an a Mac as well. But those can be less stable and the problems you might run into that are pain the you know what to solve.
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If your Mac is using a firmware password, the lock icon appears when you try to start up from another disk or volume, such as an external drive or macOS Recovery. Enter the firmware password to continue.
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